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Creating Kindness Blog Hop – Rustic
Welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here sharing my project for the Creating Kindness blog hop with a Rustic theme. Our special guest designer this hop is Caroline Van Der Straatan of Caro’s Kaartjes from The Netherlands You may have arrived here from Sense of Whimsy by Cheryll Miller or started here, you will find all the blog links at the end of the post so be sure to check out all the projects by the design team I went for a shabby chic look for my card idea with the Blended Seasons Stamp Set & Stitched Season Framelits Bundle (which is only available in August)…
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OSAT Blog Hop ~ Creature Comforts
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here with my projects for the One Stamp At A Time (OSAT) Blog Hop You may have arrived here from Dani Dziama’s blog if you’re following the hop already. Aren’t her projects wonderful?! Make sure you make your way around all the Design Team’s blogs for more papercraft inspirations with the theme of Creature Comforts I decided to use Animal Outing, this time with the an upcoming limited time bundle, The Blended Seasons Stamp Set and Stitched Seasons Framelits Dies Bundle. The images were also coloured with new Watercolour Pencils Assortment 2 For the topper, I used…
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Stitched All Around Bundle & Garden Impressions for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC298
Hi and thanks for stopping by. It’s time for another sketch challenge from the Paper Craft Crew #PCC298 For my project I used the Stitched All Around stamp set and Stitched Labels Framelits Dies Bundle with a Designer Series Paper from Garden Impressions pack I also used the Square Stitched die on the paper to showcase both design, adding the Whisper White frame and the Petal Pink strip in between. Doesn’t the cross stitch look great?! This is also from the Stitched Labels set The Grapefruit Grove Nature’s Twine was adhered using Tear & Tape then I added the Soft Sea Foam circle stamped with the cross stitch design with…
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Creating Kindness Blog Hop ~ Mixed Media
Welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here sharing my project for the Creating Kindness blog hop with the theme of Mixed Media or Florals It’s an exciting month for us as Charlet Mallett and Sara Levin have joined the Design Team. We also have Valerie Perlin as our special guest designer this month. Please join us in welcoming these talented ladies and comment on their blogs. You can find all the blog links at the end of this post So onto my project in which I combined both themes and created this DL size card using a mixture of products and techniques I embossed…
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High Tide for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC297
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping. It’s time for another Design Team inspiration card for the Paper Craft Crew challenge #PCC297 I decided to use the High Tide stamp set to fit this week’s ‘By The Sea’ theme challenge. It’s fairly simple with a bit of sponging to create atmosphere I sponged the Whisper White card with Balmy Blue and Pacific Point inks, concentrating on the edges. I then stamped the land in Crumb Cake, grass in Granny Apple Green and the sentiment was in Tuxedo Black, masking the bottom 3 lines The lighthouse requires 2 Step Stamping, as the set is photopolymer, this is achieved…
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Climbing Orchid for Paper Craft Crew Challenge #PCC296
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s time for another Paper Craft Crew challenge and we have a card sketch for you this week For my DT inspiration, I used the Climbing Orchid set, the matching Orchid Builder Framelits Dies and the new Birthday Backgrounds stamp set The orchid was stamped in Coastal Cabana, die cut then sponged with Flirty Flamingo ink. The detailed centre were stamped in 1st and 2nd generation Granny Apple Green I then worked on the stitched square element by stamping the stalk in Granny Apple Green and the buds in Coastal Cabana I stamped the confetti design from Birthday Backgrounds…
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OSAT Blog Hop ~ Lay It Out with Swirly Frames
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay Soriano here with my projects for the OSAT Design Team blog hop with the theme of ‘Lay It Out’. We are sharing scrapbook layouts and co-ordinating project ideas with you all today, so be sure to check out all the design team’s blogs for inspirations I don’t do much scrapbooking myself, so this was a challenge for me. My first cruise to Norway with Barry was full of beautiful sceneries which I took inspiration from to create a simple layout using Swirly Frames with Waterfront stamp set. The photo I decided to use is of lake Oldevatnet…
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Stitched All Around for Paper Craft Crew Card Sketch Challenge #PCC295
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here sharing a quick post with my DT card idea for Paper Craft Crew challenge #PCC295. Barry and I are currently on a Norwegian cruise for his birthday week and I am writing this whilst our ship, Azura is docked at Stavanger. If you follow us on Instagram, you would’ve seen photos of the street art we came across whilst walking through the old town Anyways, onto the challenge which is a simple sketch and I’ve used the new Stitched All Around Stamp Set & Stitched Labels Framelits bundle from the Annual Catalogue I created the background…
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Swirly Frames with Rooted In Nature for Paper Craft Crew Challenges #PCC294
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Jay here with my DT card idea for Paper Craft Crew challenge #PCC294 with the theme of Designer’s Choice For my card I chose to use the new Rooted In Nature stamp set again, this time with the new Swirly Frames from the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue I used the Stamparatus to stamp the rectangular frame in Tuxedo Black. Coloured the tree in Granny Apple Green, Soft Suede Marker and Garden Green Marker TIP: As the Swirly Frames stamp can easily be stretched and the image distorted, place your stamp on a flat surface and pick it up with…
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2 Simple Card Ideas with Eastern Beauty & Medallions Dies Bundle
Hi and welcome to Mitosu Crafts UK, thanks for stopping by. It’s Barry here sharing 2 simple card ideas using the Eastern Beauty Stamps & Medallions Dies bundle. The bundle will be retiring at the end of May but both items will be carrying over to the 2018-2019 Annual Catalogue and available to order separately The white card is really simple with die cutting the medallion then stamping the sentiment, adding a bit of Myths & Magic Specialty Washi Tape. The Whisper White layer and Basic Black cardbase were also corner punched by a new design, Detailed Trio The black card is a slight step up with a few more…